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Director of Legal
Writing; &
Assistant Professor of Law
Gstephenson@sulc.edu
(225) 771-4900 ext. 216
Courses taught:
legal writing I, legal writing II, law review
workshop
Professor Stephenson joined the
SULC faculty in March 2004 as the Director of Legal
Writing. Before becoming a full-time faculty member,
she taught as an adjunct, teaching legal writing lab
at SULC for three semesters and appellate advocacy
at Louisiana State University’s Paul M. Hebert Law
Center from 1997 through 2002. She was named adviser
to the Southern University Law Review in May 2005.
Professor Stephenson received her
juris doctorate from the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law
Center in 1984, where she was a member of the
Louisiana Law Review and Order of the Coif. She was
inducted into the Paul M. Hebert Hall of Fame in
1987. She received her B.A. with honors from
Northwestern State University of Louisiana in 1976,
where she was inducted into Phi Kappa Phi, Purple
Jackets, and the Political Science Honor Society.
She presently serves on the NSU President’s Council.
After receiving her law degree,
Professor Stephenson served as a law clerk to Chief
Judge Frank J. Polozola of the United States
District Court, Middle District of Louisiana,
1984-1986. She worked as a law clerk and research
attorney for Judge Melvin Shortess of the Louisiana
First Circuit Court of Appeal from 1986 to 1988 and
1991 to 2000. She then was promoted to the court’s
Administrative General Counsel, where she served
until joining SULC. She also practiced corporate and
insurance defense and was director of litigation
with the firm now known as Henchy, Verbois & Foil
from 1988 to 1991.
Professor Stephenson served as
editor for the Notary Commission Policies and
Procedures Manual for the Parish of East Baton
Rouge, Louisiana, published in 2004. She is active
with the Baton Rouge Bar Association. She was
elected to her second term as a director at large in
2005, and in 2002 she received the President’s Award
for her work with the Publications and Holiday Star
Committees. She is assistant editor of the BRBA’s
monthly magazine, Around the Bar, and authors a
regularly featured column, Gail’s Grammar.
She has been a member of the editorial board for the
Louisiana Bar Journal since 1999. |
